[tikkay]

Hi, am new to J2me thus can you plz help me wiht this
I have two Sprites ... i need to free move Sprite1 using the key events where as Sprite 2 is required to move automatically after 10 seconds...

i can't put in a delay as that would stop the application from running

any suggestions ?

thanx

Atiq

[wang_shui]

Hi,

Whycan't u use a timer to move the sprite automatically after 10 seconds.
http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/20...html?page=last

Hope this is also helpful
http://www.gamedev.net/community/for...age=1&#2527688

Wang

[tikkay]

thanx for the links... i think using using seperate threads for my two sprites would solve the problem..that's what i think

any suggestions :)

[awoywood]

Hi,
keep in mind that you need a separate thread for the game loop (that's where you put all the logic of your game).
That's needed because you can't do much work in one of the functions that are called by the OS. For example, you catch all the keyboards events in KeyPressed() right? Well, if you put all your logic in there, then the OS won't get control again, and it won't be able to notify you of the next key pressed. That's a common flaw in some games, you pressed a lot of keys very fast and the games gets unresponsive.
Back to your problem, that's why you need a separate thread to put that 10 secs delay. But it would be best if check in your gameloop the time that has passed (with System.currenttimemilis).
Try to look into one of the games samples, all the them use a separate gameloop thread.

Hope it helps,
Alejandro W.